prisoner’s rights

Arizona is preparing to introduce a bill to make it mandatory for all state prisons to have free and unlimited access to menstrual products. Arizona House Bill 2222 (Bill 2222) had its first hearing in…

In my article from last week, I shared the unnerving discovery about the treatment of offenders in a New Brunswick jail. To recap, offenders serving weekend sentences are currently being double-bunked in solitary confinements cells…

A policy for offenders serving intermittent sentences is creating a dangerous situation at a New Brunswick jail. An offender sentenced to a term of 90 days or less may qualify to serve their sentence intermittently,…

This month, Justice Macklin heard the most recent application in the case of Lance David Blanchard at the Court of the Queen’s Bench of Alberta. At 59, Blanchard has spent two thirds of his life incarcerated in maximum security facilities,…